Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/0126(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2026/000 TA 2026 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission
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A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.
Where it stands
Published as law
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 21 July 2026 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 15 June 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 23 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 24 June 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 7 July 2026
- Published as law(done) 21 July 2026
Decided in plenary
7 July 2026 · decision 7
Jobs, social affairs & equality, Budget decision
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2026/000 TA 2026 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission
Passed 532 for · 64 against · 62 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The funds will finance administrative and technical expenditure for implementing the fund, including meetings, seminars, communication activities, and an electronic data exchange system.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:Adds requirements for technical assistance to focus on measurable results, simplification and user orientation, and to target member states with low EGF uptake. Adds calls to reduce administrative burdens and shorten time between application and support delivery, while ensuring transparency and parliamentary scrutiny. Adds emphasis on training and reskilling for displaced workers, and on monitoring and evaluation of technical assistance expenditure. Adds general statements on the EGF's role and the need for proportionate, efficient technical assistance expenditure.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgets
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Lucia Yar (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Andrzej Halicki (EPP), Sandra Gómez López (S&D), Angéline Furet (Patriots), Bogdan Rzońca (ECR), Nicolae Ștefănuță (Greens), Elena Kountoura (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Regional Development
- Employment and Social Affairs
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 7 Jul 2026
AI summary:Parliament agrees with the mobilisation of EUR 210 000 for technical assistance under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, as proposed by the Commission.
Tabled for plenary· 24 Jun 2026
AI summary:Parliament approves the mobilisation of EUR 210 000 from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers for technical assistance at the Commission's initiative, as proposed.
Committee draft· 28 May 2026
AI summary:The draft report approves the mobilisation of EUR 210 000 from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission, covering administrative and technical expenditure for the implementation of the Fund.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
21 July 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 2 steps
7 July 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 7 Jul 2026 Report A10-0179/2026Adopted text TA10-0243/2026
24 June 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
23 June 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
15 June 2026
Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; REGI (Regional Development), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) give an opinion.
9 June 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.
28 May 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/0126(BUD)